Hemlock Falls Viewpoint & Reservior Road via Openwood Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 51 min
Hemlock Falls Viewpoint & Reservior Road via Openwood Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Newstead, NJ. The route reaches Hemlock Falls Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 310 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hemlock Falls Viewpoint & Reservior Road via Openwood Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 51 min
Elevation 276–506 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Lenape Trail (Yellow) · 40.75557, -74.29297
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Bypass, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Reservior Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Longwood Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Summit Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Openwood Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hemlock Falls Loop, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Hemlock Falls Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Openwood Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Longwood Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservior Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Bypass, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lenape Trail (Yellow) Trailhead
- Hillspur Trail–Longwood Trail, 5 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 286 ft
- Flamingo & Oakdale Trail (Red) 3.2 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Aqual Trail–Reservior Road, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Crater View–Grassy Trail, 4 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 258 ft
- Orange Reservoir–West Ridge Sunset Point Loop, 7 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 345 ft
- Hemlock Falls–Hobble Falls Loop, 8 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 524 ft
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